Comparative outcome of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt with or without variceal obliteration: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Suprabhat GiriRanjan Kumar PatelJijo VargheseDhiraj AgarwalTara Prasad Tripathy

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2023)

The present meta-analysis provides a moderate-quality evidence for the benefit of TIPS-VO in reducing the incidence of rebleeding. However, the decision for combining variceal embolization with TIPS should be made on a case-to-case basis.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
risk factors
high intensity
pulmonary artery
decision making
quality improvement
case control
randomized controlled trial
pulmonary hypertension